Dear Parents and Carers,
This week has been another very busy week in school, with lots to celebrate. The Year 3 and Year 5 children demonstrated real PRIDE during their Safety Seymour and CO Crew discussions. Our visitors were extremely impressed with their learning behaviour and knowledge. The rest of the children in school have also been working incredibly hard, with lots of Headteacher’s Awards being given out this week.
Staffing
Next week we are holding interviews for the new Head of School position and additional support staff within the classroom.
Menu Change – Friday 13th February 2026
Special Menu for Chinese New Year
To celebrate Chinese New Year, we’ll be serving a special themed menu. Here’s what’s cooking:
Main Options
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Chicken Strips (G)(SO)(CY) with Thai Honey Sauce (SO)(G)
Crispy chicken strips glazed in a sweet, fragrant Thai-style sauce.
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Sweet & Sour Quorn (G)
A colourful, flavour-packed vegetarian favourite.
Both served with egg noodles (E)(G)and rainbow rice
Jacket Potato
Choose from:
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Tuna Mayonnaise(F)
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Cheese (D)
- Baked Beans
- Dessert
- Lime Jelly
Year 6 Swimming
Wednesday 11th will be Class Shakespeare’s last swimming lesson. After half-term, pupils in Class Shakespeare will need to come to school dressed in their PE kit every Wednesday, please.
Class Sachar will begin swimming on Wednesdays after half-term. Please ensure that they bring their swimming kit every Wednesday.
Clubs
There will be no clubs during the week beginning 9th February due to Parents’ Evening.
Mental Health
You are warmly invited to join Poppy, our Mental Health Advisor, for two upcoming parent workshops:
Emotional Regulation
Date: 24th February
Time: 9:00–10:00am
Location: Wilnecote Junior Academy
Understanding Worry
Date: 24th March
Time: 9:00–10:00am
Location: Wilnecote Junior Academy
These sessions will offer practical strategies to support children’s wellbeing at home and in school. We hope you will be able to join us.
Parents evening
Parents evening will take place on Wednesday 11th February and Thursday 12th February. You can sign up for a 10-minute appointment with your children's class teacher via the Arbor app. Please remember if you have more than one child to allow a gap in-between appointments and if you have to travel between the sites, please allow sufficient time.
Booking for Parents’ Evening will close on Monday 9th February at 4:00pm.
World Book Day – Pyjama Day (Thursday 5th March)
We will be celebrating World Book Day on Thursday 5th March with a whole-school Pyjama Day. Children are invited to come to school in their comfiest pyjamas (with appropriate shoes for outdoors). Each year group will take part in cosy, night-time themed reading activities linked to a chosen book. We’re looking forward to a wonderful day celebrating our love of reading!
Message from Staffordshire County Council
Celebrations
The House Champions this week were Team Peel.
The class with the best attendance was class Browne with 99.17%.
The class with the highest number of readers was class Shakespeare with 100%.
The class with the most TTRS engagement was Pearce class with 67%.
